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Rickettsia Rickettssii Clinical  Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Eastern

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Rocky mountain spotted fever
- mainly eastern US (Maryland to Georgia, Oklahoma, Missouri, Ohio, Tenn, Ark, Tex). Summer months.
Damage to blood vessels   rash, Fever, rash (on extremities first), headache, nausea, muscle aches. cutaneous necrosis at bite site

Difficult to diagnose since cannot culture (need cell

Tags: gram_neg

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